Become an Alumni Ambassador
What is an Alumni Ambassador?
There are many ways to get involved – you might speak at events, mentor a student, or support employability initiatives. Opportunities are flexible, so you can shape your involvement around your career and commitments.
Being an ambassador is also an opportunity to build your confidence, strengthen your professional profile, and expand your network.
Why become an Alumni Ambassador?
When you give your time as an Alumni Ambassador, you strengthen your skills, experience, and professional connections, while helping students gain real career insight.
Sharpen your professional edge
Build leadership and communication skills through mentoring and speaking opportunities.
Develop as a leader
Coaching students sharpens strategic thinking and enhances skills valuable for management roles.
Stay connected, stay visible
Connect with alumni and industry professionals, share your experiences, and remain part of a community that opens doors.
Ways to get involved
From mentoring students to speaking at events, discover the flexible ways to make an impact as an Alumni Ambassador.
Inspire students with a short, written profile or video about your time at Herts and your career journey since graduating. You can share your story now by completing our online form, which has guided questions for you to complete, and we’ll contact you if we feature your story.
Tell us about your professional or personal achievements, award wins or milestones. If we can feature your news, we’ll get in touch to celebrate it with the Herts community.
Produce a blog, article or short video based on your knowledge or industry insight. Tell us your area of interest, and we’ll contact you if your story is used for publication.
Add a strong addition to your skill set by volunteering to speak at an in-person or online event. Events take place throughout the year, and we’ll match you with suitable opportunities based on what you studied and your graduating year. You’ll receive a full brief and support before the event.
Our Careers team hosts a range of employability sessions you can get involved in. This includes things like running practise job interviews for students and hosting skills sessions to build workplace confidence.
We’ve developed a new Career Mentoring Programme that invites Alumni from all industries to mentor recent Herts graduates as they take their next steps. Mentors and Mentees are carefully matched, and both participants will be supported over a structured time frame.
Organising an online or in-person reunion is a great way to reconnect with classmates. Plan your reunion your way and let us know if you'd like to visit campus. You can learn more and get support with invitations, planning, and connecting with fellow graduates and staff on our hosting a reunion on campus page.
By giving to the University Student Trust Fund, you can help ensure all students get the most out of their university experience and achieve more in the future as a result. Every donation, however small, can make a big difference.
Make a donation online or find out more about ways to give. We will keep you updated on how your donation is making an impact.
Thanking our Alumni Ambassadors
As an Alumni Ambassador, you can request a certificate of participation to formally record your volunteering. Add it to your career portfolio, include it in applications or display it with pride.
Strengthen your professional profile by adding your volunteering role at the University of Hertfordshire to your CV and LinkedIn. If you’ve supported an event, delivered a talk or mentored a student, contact the Alumni team for an endorsement.
You’ll also receive invitations to professional and celebratory events, along with regular updates from Herts. Simply keep your contact details up to date so we can keep you in the loop.
FAQs
We match you with activities based on what you studied, your graduation year and the areas you tell us you’re interested in. Before any event or activity, you’ll receive a full brief outlining what’s involved, timings and expectations.
There is no expected commitment when you first register your interest. If you’re curious but unsure, sign up and wait to see what opportunities arise. You can choose whether to take part each time we contact you.
Alumni Ambassadors volunteer on a non-employment basis and activities are unpaid. There are no formal duties – you choose which opportunities to accept. If you have specific conditions relating to employment or benefits, please check how volunteering hours may affect you before confirming participation.
Simply email the Alumni team to express your interest in becoming an Alumni Ambassador. Include your full name, graduation year, and subject area, and tell us how you’d like to get involved.
There’s no commitment when you first register. If you’re unsure, sign up and we’ll contact you when relevant opportunities arise. You decide what works for you.
We ask that you represent the University of Hertfordshire professionally and uphold our values: Friendliness, Ambition, Collaboration, Enterprise, Student success.
Be prepared and punctual. If something is outside your skill set or you can no longer take part, let us know as early as possible.
Yes, you’ll receive a clear brief before each activity outlining what’s involved. A member of University staff will support you throughout, and if you’re unsure of anything, you can refer questions back to staff at any time.